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Since the leak that the Greyknights could take a grandmaster in a dreadknight I'd planned to find components to make a more dynamic, ornate and most of all cool looking model to represent this (and possibly be the first model for a grey knight army). So here's what I've come up with so far with some minor tweaks, clean up and maybe some cabling to add once I source a bit more greenstuff. Not got a name sorted yet nor any real backstory but I think he's looking the part!

A bit more cleanup and an expansion of the ruins city scape basing.

Wow!

Where did those bits come from? It looks brilliant. The missile launcher really fills that space where a head should be.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Wow!

Where did those bits come from? It looks brilliant. The missile launcher really fills that space where a head should be.

Those are from the Custodes Telemon dread.

Not sure about the way he's holding the gun, maybe get rid of that round joint between the hand and gun

 Rolsheen wrote:
Not sure about the way he's holding the gun, maybe get rid of that round joint between the hand and gun

or beef it up the stick he is holding somehow. it is out of propotions whit the weapon.

apart from that, good job on the conversion.

Wow, congratulations you made the first Dreadknight that doesn't look silly to me and you even pushed it into the awesome realm.

Great job, cannot wait to see that painted.

Cheers guys, the gun has been a point of contention for alot of people, if I had a suitably robust eagle head to top off the stick and bulk it out I'd of used one but unfortunately in that regard my bits box was weirdly lacking (weirdly because this is a bits box that included a key part of magnus). I like the guns ability to be picked up and dropped from a fluff point of view.

Appreciating all feedback!

Those legs are clutch.

not into the gun though as i think others have pointed out why.

also dont recall a missile option for it.

but otherwise banging. great use of parts.

Neither the gun nor missiles are direct correlations to their statted profiles, currently he's running:

Psilencer Missile Array (Psilencer)
Gattling Psycannon (Heavy Psycannon)
Sword.

As LOS is drawn from model and not gun he wont gain or lose anything by the location of the missile rack and makes the arm look less cluttered.

 Melcavuk wrote:
Cheers guys, the gun has been a point of contention for alot of people, if I had a suitably robust eagle head to top off the stick and bulk it out I'd of used one but unfortunately in that regard my bits box was weirdly lacking (weirdly because this is a bits box that included a key part of magnus). I like the guns ability to be picked up and dropped from a fluff point of view.

Appreciating all feedback!

IMO it is not the top if the stick that is the problem and not what draw my attension to the odd proportions, it is the transition from the big bulky base on the gun itself right under the hand.
a big platform that ends in a tiny hand and a tiny stick.

idk, maybe make a hand guard that goes fomr the top of the stick and extends down to where the wep meets the fist, anything to atleast bulk up that general area.

What if you removed the swivel joint and just had it directly attached to the arm?

 Melcavuk wrote:
Cheers guys, the gun has been a point of contention for alot of people, if I had a suitably robust eagle head to top off the stick and bulk it out I'd of used one but unfortunately in that regard my bits box was weirdly lacking (weirdly because this is a bits box that included a key part of magnus). I like the guns ability to be picked up and dropped from a fluff point of view.

Appreciating all feedback!

I don't think the issue is the grip so much as it is the servo on the gun itself. If I were to change one thing it would be to cut down the gun itself to remove the joint then attach the weapon so the knuckles of the fist rest up against the back of the barrel where the servo is at the moment.

Otherwise it looks incredible and an ingenious - if eye-wateringly expensive - parts combo.